VEHEMENT in a Sentence

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For VEHEMENT, below is one of 33 sentences:
From without, houses looked black and silent and wrapped in sleep but, within, voices whispered vehemently into the dawn.

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 Meanings and Examples of VEHEMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vehement
 a.  forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
Classic Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  At this unexpected exhibition, a loud and vehement expression of pleasure burst from the mouth of every warrior present.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
2  He saw a vehement young man, powder-smeared and frowzled, whom he knew to be him.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
3  Andy looked up innocently at Sam, surprised at hearing this new geographical fact, but instantly confirmed what he said, by a vehement reiteration.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
5  'I would not be too vehement,' said Agnes, gently, 'or propose too much.'
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
6  His mother parted her lips to begin some other vehement truth, but on looking at him she saw that in his face which led her to leave the words unsaid.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
7  He walks straight to Higgins, and accosts him with vehement reproach.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
8  "No," she cried vehemently, jerking away.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  She started to speak, but Mammy shook her head vehemently and raising her apron dabbed at her red eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
10  Mammy, in particular, declared vehemently that she had never even been a yard nigger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  I won't let them do it, thought Scarlett vehemently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  What a fool I am, she thought vehemently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  She wasn't a rogue, she told herself vehemently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
14  From without, houses looked black and silent and wrapped in sleep but, within, voices whispered vehemently into the dawn.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
15  Atlanta ladies vehemently told their husbands that they did not care a rap what the Yankees thought.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
Example Sentence:
1  Despite vehement opposition, the Act became law.
2  Despite vehement opposition from his family, he quit school and became an actor.
3  Despite her vehement protests, he pulled her inside.
4  She was herself a vehement protagonist of sexual equality.
5  Alfred became so vehement in describing what was wrong with the Internal Revenue Service that he began jumping up and down and frothing at the mouth.
6  The American president still needs to give the project — vehemently opposed by his core constituency but favored by the Republican majority in Congress — a clear thumbs-up or thumbs-down on his own.